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Old 09-23-2008, 06:43 AM   #1
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The White Stripe of Doom

My iLiad has developed the white stripe of doom -- a 2mm white stripe across the screen, with another running up the left hand edge of the screen.

It's only a few weeks since I got it back from having its main board replaced after it started switching off by itself. When it came back it had a small widget stuck in the SD memory slot which I had to get out with a pair of tweezers. It also had a small (cosmetic, I thought) blemish on the case, in the narrow bit between the bottom of the page bar and the top of the up arrow key, the the case felt slightly creaky, especially round the page bar, as if it weren't quite as solid as before. I've also had a thin white line appear on the screen three times since the repair, but they always went away after a page turn, so I assumed it was a software glitch. The latest stripe just kept getting bigger, though. And it starts precisely next to the blemish on the casing.

Back to the repair shop it goes. I'm convinced the case wasn't put back together quite right, or was damaged in some way and is causing pressure on the edge of the screen. Since my iLiad hasn't been out of the house since it got back from repair, and has mostly been sat on my bedside table, I know it hasn't had any rough handling on my part. Let's hope iRex agree with me and don't try to charge me for a new screen...
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